Piano-pedal mounting.



H. SANDNER.

PIANO PEDAL MOUNTING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 190s.

Patented Jan 12, 1909 5 i. .f s,

W/TNESSES Mmmm Ys UNTE PATENTFFICE HEINRICH SANDNER, OF UNIO\Y HILL, NEW JERSEY.

PIANO-PEDAL lll'OUl'TING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aan. 12, 190e.

Application led July 27, 1908. -Serial No. 445,552.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it knownthat I, HEINRICH SANDNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Union Hill, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Piano-Pedal Mounting, of

which the following is a' full, clear,- and exact description.

This invention relates to inountings for plano pedals, and the object of the inven- .tion is to produce a mounting which will figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a pedal having a mounting constructed according to inyin vention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken through thepedal and niou'nting about on the line Q-2 of Fig( L, and on f ets, and as the parts wear the brackets can an enlarged scale.

Referring more particularly to the parts, l represents the pedal, thel body of which is ofl common form. At its inner end this pedal is formed into a slightly enlargcdhead 2, said head being provided with an` opening 5. extendingv coinpletelythrorgh the head from the upper to the lower side thereof. As indicated in Fig. 2, the head presents vertical 'side faces or cheeks l, and these cheeks are provided at. their iniddlc point with shallow (lished or concavesockets 5. The pedal mounting consists ofa bracket 6 which is preferably formed of resilient sheet inetal, such steel. lt. is formed in one piece and comprises a base plate or body T, the ends ot which are lient upwardly to form substantially vertically projecting ears 8.

These ears. however convertie slirfhtl f in an upward direction. Near their` upper ends they are pressed inwardly so as to forni bute tous S) which projimttoward each other on their inner faces. These buttons are adapt ed to be received in the sockets 5, as indicated in Fig. 2, so as to support the pedal l l l i piv otall v. The base platev 7 of the bracket is slightly bent or bowed, as shown, so that it presents its convex side uppermost. It is provided with a central opening 10 at which a fastening device' or screw ll is applied, said screw being introduced. through the opening 8, and this opening enables the screw to be applied and adjusted by means of a screw-driver when desired.

On account of the resilient-quality of the .'bracket, the ears 8 maintain themselves in engagement with the sockets 5. In practice the head of the pedal is forced into position between the ears before the bracket is attaehed to the piano bottom l2. The bow or curyature of the base plate 7 of the bracket increases the resiliency of the bracket and at' the same time it enables the position of the ears 8 to be adjusted, for it will beevident that if the screw is tightened up in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, the iniddle portion of the base plate will become `niore depressed, and this change in'the position of this part-of the bracket will tend to rotate the ears'8 inwardly, as the angles formed between the ears and the' base plate vwill tend to maintain their normal condi tion. Hence it is possible simply by tightering up the screw to adjust the pressure of the ears on the head, and in this way-the buttons 9 can be irmly seated in their' sockbe adjusted from time to time.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. A pedal mounting consisting of a bracket having a base plate' and upwardly projectying ears, a pedal mounted between said ears and having a gap between said ears, and a fastening device securing said plate and disposed directly under said gzip.

2. A pedal mounting consisting'of a bracket havingea bowed base plate and upwardly pivotally Fmounted between said ears, and a fastening device passingdownwardlythrough saidbase plate disposed between said ears and adapted to adjust the same, said pedal having a head witha gap therein disposed over said fastening devlces.

A piano pedal having a head with sockets formed in the side faces thereof, in conibination with a bracket having a bowed base plate disposed under said head and having integral upwardly projecting ears with prol projecting ears at the ends thereof, a pedal' llt) jections thereupon engaging said sockets, engaging the side faces of said head, and a and a fastening device applied to said base fastening device under said opening and v plate between said ears and securin` the passing through said base plate. same, said head having a gap over s'ai fasl In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 tenin device and eX osing the same. name to this specification in the presence of 15 4. piano pedal aving a head with an two subscribing witnesses. opening therein, a bracket formed of resili- HEINRICH SANDNER.' ent material, having an upwardly bowed Witnesses: base plate disposed under said head and F. D. AMMEN, 10 having integral upwardly projecting ears I EVERABD B. MARSHALL. 

